Diary Covers — The Story of Fanny Seward (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Photo of a diary with a black, crumbling cover. — Cover of Fanny’s First Diary c. 1858 (University of Rochester, Seward Family Project Archives)

Photo of the first page of one of Fanny's diaries, with her name and date in the top left corner. — Title Page of First Diary (University of Rochester, Seward Family Project Archives)

Photo of one of Fanny's pocket diaries, with the first page reading "To Miss Fanny Seward, By a friend, Washington, December 25th, 1862. — Title Page of Fanny’s Pocket Diary c. 1862

Fanny had a few diaries that she would write in throughout her life. Some were pocket-sized, others were used to record brief thoughts, and some were for detail.

“I bought a new diary, brown morocco, gilt-edges, quite large, a common place book.” Feb 2,1860

Photo of a diary with a multi-colored, wavy patterned cover. — Cover of Fanny’s Early 1860s Diary c. 1860 (University of Rochester, Seward Family Project Archives)

Photo of the first page of one of Fanny's diaries, with her name and date written in the top left corner. — Title Page of Second Diary (University of Rochester, Seward Family Project Archives)

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